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Max Homa and Viktor Hovland have been seen utilizing the AimPoint placing methodology on the US Open, which offered viewers with a second of hilarity within the opening spherical. A clip of the fascinating method has shortly gone viral on social media after being posted on-line.
A lot has been product of the “scientific method” by the golf world. Some swear by it, others shake their heads at people who put it to make use of.
For readers that don’t know, AimPoint is just a strategy to learn greens whereas lining up putts. In accordance with the official web site, gamers like Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, and Justin Rose implement the tactic – some would say with nice success.
Golf.com gave a breakdown of the way it’s used:
Step one in AimPoint inexperienced studying is to really feel the slope of the inexperienced. Do that by straddling your ball’s path to the opening about midway to the opening. From right here you need to decide what p.c slope you’re feeling, from one to 5.
Subsequent it is advisable stand behind the ball and shut one eye whereas lifting your hand in order that your pointer finger is simply outdoors the opening. Based mostly on the p.c slope you assume there’s affecting your putt, put up that many fingers in your hand (i.e. one finger for one p.c, two fingers for 2 p.c, and so forth.).
So, let’s say you assume there’s 3 p.c slope within the putt. Put three fingers up along with your pointer finger simply outdoors the opening on the precise (assuming your putt breaks to the left). On this case, your ring finger would be the purpose level.
Then simply line up your ball on the purpose level and roll it at that spot. If you happen to judged the slope accurately, your putt ought to observe proper towards the opening.
And right here it’s in motion:
Easy sufficient, proper?
AimPoint created a very ridiculous scene in the course of the US Open’s opening spherical.
Viktor Hovland and Max Homa, a pair of AimPoint customers, have been noticed on the identical inexperienced Thursday lining up putts. Every straddled their line to measure the slope, wanting very foolish within the course of.
There have been blended opinions for the duo in that first spherical.
The method appeared to work alright for Homa, who sits at +1 after Day 1. Hovland, in the meantime is at +8 and 13 strokes behind the leaders.
